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Part of the responsibility of a professional society is to establish the expectations for appropriate behavior for its members. Some codes are so essential to a society that the code itself becomes the central document defining the organization and its tenets, as we see with the Hippocratic Oath. In that tradition, we have revised the code of professional conduct for the Neurocritical Care Society into its current version, which emphasizes guidelines for personal behavior, relationships with fellow members, relationships with patients, and our interactions with society as a whole. This will be a living document and updated as the needs of our society change in time.
Available online: http://www.neurocriticalcare.org/about-us/bylaws-procedures-and-code-professional-conduct
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Code of professional conduct (this document)
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Leadership code of conduct
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Disciplinary policy
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A conflict of interest may also arise whenever a covered member’s activities are in opposition to, detract from, or in some manner might become detrimental to the purposes of the NCS as described in its articles of incorporation, bylaws, mission statement, or policies and/or procedures.
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Portions of this code were modified or adapted from the codes of professional ethics and conduct of the following organizations: American Academy of Neurology, American Academy of Neurological Surgeons, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Council of Medical Specialty Societies. This Code of Professional Conduct is revised from the originally written in 2013 by: Fred Rincon, MD, MSc, MBE; Eliahu Feen, MD; Ed Manno, MD; David Greer, MD; Michael Rubin, MD; Ludo Vanopdenbosch, MD; James Riviello, MD; Owen Samuels, MD; Edna Costa-Freitas, MD; Eric Bershad, MD; Kevin Sheth, MD; Ann Helms, MD; William Kofke, MD; Jordan Bonomo, MD; Kathryn Beauchamp, MD.
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Rubin, M., Bonomo, J., Bar, B. et al. The Code of Professional Conduct for the Neurocritical Care Society. Neurocrit Care 23, 145–148 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-015-0175-0
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